Pakistan exploited heavy cloud cover and humidity to the full on Tuesday to seize the advantage over Australia in an old-fashioned English Test match in which ball dominated the bat throughout.
Dr Sangeeta Amladi, dermatologist and Head, Medical Services at Kaya Skin Clinic, tells you how to keep your skin and hair glowing this monsoon.
Djokovic, who is aiming for a fifth Wimbledon title and his 16th Grand Slam crown, plans to play only one or two exhibition matches in the build-up to the grasscourt major.
Corrosion is a big menace for anything with steel application from rebars in construction, oil and water pipelines, railway track, power distribution poles to automobiles, says Kunal Bose.
Ajinkya Rahane termed his knock of 188 as a 'special one' which will be etched in his memory for a long time to come.
Wimbledon was invaded by thousands of flying ants on Wednesday, causing much annoyance to players, officials and ticket holders alike - but there was little anyone could do to drive out the pests.
Dense fog continued to hit flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International airport for the second consecutive day on Thursday, disrupting the schedules of nearly 80 domestic and international flights. "Since Wednesday night, 27 domestic and international flights have been diverted, 18 have been cancelled and nearly 20 have been rescheduled, as thick fog blanketed the airport, reducing the runway visibility to 150 metres or less," an airport official said.
'We need to have the courage to take a rational look at known facts and act accordingly,' advises Mohan Guruswamy.
Delhiites woke up to a rain soaked pleasant morning on Thursday which brought down the temperature to 22.4 Celsius, six notches below the season's average.
Gautam Gambhir hit an unbeaten half-century to guide Delhi Daredevils to a six-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League match in Chennai on Thursday. In a low-scoring encounter, played under hot and humid conditions, Delhi kept their cool in a tense run chase to reach 113 for four in 18.4 overs to inch closer to the semi-finals.
Force India driver Adrian Sutil will start 16th, one spot ahead of his teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi when the Singapore Grand Prix Formula One race gets underway at Marina Bay circuit in Singapore on Sunday.
Brazil right back Danilo has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after suffering ankle ligament damage in training on the eve of Friday's quarter-final against Belgium.
The national capital battled weather conditions in the "red category" as the maximum temperature recorded at the Palam observatory was 46.1C,
Women's tennis appears to be in good shape despite the sight of the world's best players limping across the finishing line in Doha last week, where the WTA Championships often resembled a dance of the walking wounded.
North Korea were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Turkmenistan in their opening group game of the AFC Challenge Cup in Colombo on Wednesday.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) said on Sunday it would undertake a review of its communication policies after a string of umpiring controversies at the U.S. Open.
A star-studded England will take on unpredictable Chile in a Group F match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup at the refurbished Salt Lake Stadium, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
The residents of Delhi on Friday woke up to dense fog with minimum temperature settling at 12 degrees Celsius, five notches above normal.
Airbadminton was globally launched at Guangzhou last week by the Badminton World Federation
The Real Madrid forward was superb in Portugal's 3-3 World Cup draw with Spain on Friday, giving his team the perfect start with a penalty, putting them 2-1 ahead and popping up at the death, cool as you like, to whip home a free-kick and complete a magnificent hat-trick.
Tiger Woods won a record seventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title on Sunday, overhauling Padraig Harrington with a sizzling burst of scoring before benefiting from a late collapse by the Irishman.
New signing Michael Owen scored twice and Ryan Giggs grabbed a hat-trick as Manchester United rounded off their pre-season Asian tour with a 8-2 thrashing of China's Hangzhou Greentown on Sunday. Dimitar Berbartov, Zoran Tosic and Nani were also on target for the English champions against the mid-table Chinese Super League side on a humid night in this tourist resort close to China's economic capital Shanghai.
Substitute Sutee Suksomkit scored a stunning second-half equaliser to earn Thailand a surprise 1-1 draw with Premier League Liverpool on Wednesday.
The American won in a season's best time of 9.76 seconds with his compatriot Justin Gatlin second in 9.89 and Canadian Andre de Grasse third in 9.90.
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has called for the introduction of drink breaks during next year's World Cup finals in Brazil to counter the debilitating effects of heat and humidity at venues in the tropical northeast.
Installed at a cost of Rs 450 crore in Pune and Noida, the two supercomputers are set to fundamentally alter the weather forecasting scenario in India by enabling the IMD to forecast severe weather conditions up to the sub-district or block level.
But the fear of less-than-normal rain hitting rural demand continues to haunt the industry.
In absence of drinking water and electricity during the mid-May summer, life in the coastal districts remained derailed even four days after the calamity.
Three haircare experts weigh in on how you should care for your hair during the monsoons.
Home ministry officials, who visited Chhattisgarh after the massacre of 25 CRPF men by Naxals, have found that the majority of 45,000 paramilitary personnel undertaking the high-risk anti-Naxal operations in Bastar region have been posted there for over three years.
Holders Churchill Brothers of Goa, down to 10 men in the last 25 minutes, held former champions Mahindra United of Mumbai to a 1-1 draw in the opening match of the I-League at the Cooperage football ground on Thursday.
A ride on a Delhi Metro train is likely to become more comfortable with DMRC planning to roll out 83 broad gauge trains, which will be more faster than the present ones, by 2011 at a cost of Rs 2,984 crore (Rs 29.84 billion).
Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar rates his opportune century, which laid the foundation of India's tri-series win over Sri Lanka, as one of his best.
While this model does not introduce any innovation, what it does is improve upon proven concepts -- placing it somewhere between the Lenovo T470 and the flagship ThinkPad X1 Carbon, says Uttaran Das Gupta.
If you have fever over 105 degree Fahrenheit, experience sweating and fatigue, it could be signs of malaria, warns Dr Ajay Aggarwal.
Barcelona added the UEFA Super Cup to four other trophies they have won this year when a goal late in extra-time from substitute Pedro Rodriguez secured a 1-0 win over Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk in Monaco on Friday. Pedro, who came on for Zlatan Ibrahimovic after 81 minutes on a hot and humid night at the Stade Louis II, fired past Shakhtar goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov from just inside the box in the 115th minute and with the game seemingly set for a penalty shootout.
The weatherman has predicted rainfall throughout the day with the mercury settling at 19C.
Indian women are in danger of missing out on a quarter-final berth after Ireland pulled off a 1-0 victory in a hockey World Cup group league match, in London on Thursday.
We all want a glowing complexion, but no amount of makeup can help if the skin isn't supple and nourished from within. Start out on the right note with moisturisation; that's where that coveted healthy flush begins.
Lewis Hamilton does not fancy racing in hot and humid conditions and the reigning Formula One world champion believes it would make sense to schedule the 2011 Indian Grand Prix in the winter.
